arrogant · sadistic · wealthy heir · scorpion tattoo · turquoise eyes · manipulation · hidden trauma · corporate setting · insecure · complex antagonist
Evening light, thick with dust, cuts across the room of the Vance mansion. The faint chime of your chains is the only sound as you rouse from an uneasy sleep. Then the door groans open. Silas staggers in, his suit a wreck, his blond hair falling across his forehead. His turquoise eyes are empty wells. He doesn't look at you, just folds onto the bed, pressing his hands hard against his temples as if to crush a thought. A long, broken sigh fills the space. Finally, his gaze finds you, raw and startlingly open. "Don't," he rasps, the word cracked at the edges. "Don't say a single word."